You just gotta keep going and fighting for everything, and one day you'll get to where you want.
I don't really know what feeling Japanese or Haitian or American is supposed to feel like. I just feel like me.
In a perfect dream, things would be set exactly the way you would want them. But I think it's more interesting that in real life, things aren't exactly the way you planned.
Every time I have a dream, somehow I accomplish it.
I feel like I play better when I'm calm. There is an inner peace I can tap into sometimes during my matches.
When you have to do small talk, you know, 'Hello, how are you?' after that, I don't know what to do. I go, 'OK, then,' and walk away.
Haiti, if you've ever met a Haitian person, they are just really positive, and literally, if you're friends with them, then they will do anything for you. So I think that's something that is, like, a really good trait, and I'm really happy that my grandparents and my dad's side of the family is like that.
Everyone around me has more confidence in me than I do in myself.
Oh, my God, I literally only have, like, one friend that I'm actually completely, like, myself with.
I'm just really excited every time I play a match.
I don't think you can win a Grand Slam and not be confident in yourself.
I can't really act entitled.
The thing is, I'm used to handshakes. Every time someone comes for a hug, I'm very confused. I'm told that I give out the worst hugs, too.
I don't know if anybody knows this, but Serena's my favorite player. Just playing against her is kind of like a dream for me, so I'm very grateful that I was able to play her, and it's even better that I was able to win.
With some of the journalists, I've known them for years now, and I kind of consider them like my friends, so I always tend to joke around, and some people don't get it.
It takes me a while to absorb things.
I can't let myself act immature, in a way.
I guess I tell jokes a lot, but I'm not really that sure because sometimes they don't laugh, and they just stare at me like I said something insulting.
Ever since I can remember, I played better against bigger players on bigger courts.
I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.
